Tiny Advent Wreath

A Tiny Advent Wreath done in OpenSCAD

This project started out as an experiment with some code for making "chained hulls". First I generated the twisted torus (see the strand() module around line 50). The idea is to make a series of disks that are offset slightly around the main ring perimeter and then use the hull() function fills the gaps .

When I got it working I decided it would make a nice looking advent wreath ornament for my Christmas tree. I actually had a much more ambitious project in mind using programmable LEDs to get purple and pink candles, during advent and then change to white. That didn't happen because of a catastrophic disk failure of my dual boot system following a windows update. Just now recovering my Linux /user area.

So, sorry this is a bit late for the Christmas season. Hey, we keep the tree up till Epiphany so have at it! The .stl file is sized for birthday cake candles. Warning: please don't light them, they are strictly decorative and will only last long enough for a couple verses of "Happy Birthday to You". I would be very sad if you burned your house down. Meanwhile I'll get started on the LED version, right after I setup a cron job for automated backups...

Thanks for looking!

Bob M